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Katherine Jackson Is 'Safe With Family'
After a missing-persons report made by her nephew, Trent, on Saturday, Katherine Jackson, mother of the late Michael Jackson, is said to be with family. According to the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department made an announcement regarding her status early Monday morning. The L.A. County Sheriff’s Department continued to gather information…
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Obama Visits Aurora Victims as 'a Father'
The 2012 campaign trail is heating up, but President Barack Obama put away his election rhetoric to lend his support to the Aurora, Colo., shooting victims. From the University of Colorado hospital on Monday morning, according to the Guardian, Obama gave a message of support to the victims and promised that the public’s focus on…
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Penn State Fined $60 Million
Updated Monday, July 23, at 9:20 a.m. EDT: In response to the Jerry Sandusky scandal, the NCAA today fined Penn State University $60 million, banned the football program from postseason bowls for the next four years and vacated all team wins since 1998. According to a statement released by the NCAA, the $60 million must…
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MHP: Abortion at Risk in Washington, D.C.
MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry and her guests discussed what appears to be a blatant assault on women’s rights. Perry described how Rep. Trent Franks, a Republican from Arizona, is promoting a bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks in Washington, D.C. She pointed out that Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C.’s delegate to Congress, who can serve…
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Katherine Jackson Reported Missing by Nephew
On Saturday night, Katherine Jackson, mother of the late Michael Jackson, was reported missing by her nephew, Trent. According to CNN, Paris, the 14-year-old granddaughter who lives with her, had made several calls but was unable to reach her grandmother for a week. However on Thursday, Jermaine Jackson tweeted that his mother is “fine” and…
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Hero Saved Young Mom During Aurora Shooting
During the chaos of the Aurora, Colo., movie-theater shooting early Friday morning, a man named Jarell Brooks saw a young mother clutching her two children between rows and decided to help her. Leading the woman, Patricia Legarreta, and her two small children, including an infant, to an exit door, Brooks suffered a bullet wound in…
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Usher's Stepson Removed From Life Support
Kyle Glover, Usher’s stepson with ex-wife Tameka Raymond, died this morning, TMZ reports. The 11-year-old was declared brain-dead by doctors earlier this month but was kept on life support after an accident in which he was struck in the head by a Jet Ski on Atlanta’s Lake Lanier. Doctors removed 11-year-old Kyle Glover from life support…
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Air Force Sgt. May Face Life in Jail for Rape
An Air Force instructor convicted Friday of rape and sexual assault could get life in prison when he faces sentencing on Saturday. According to the Houston Chronicle, Staff Sgt. Luis Walker is one of 12 instructors at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio who had been under investigation for possible sexual misconduct against as…
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Obama Super PAC Gets Billionaire Campaign Donor
Following news of slow campaign fundraising in President Obama’s election run against Republican nominee Mitt Romney, Politico reports an upswing in donors for the president. Priorities USA Action spent $7.9 million last month — mostly on ads scrutinizing Romney’s tenure at the private equity firm Bain Capital — and finished June with $2.8 million in…
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